Box score
SAVANNAH, Ga. − Armstrong Atlantic State University used a 25-7 run over 11:53 of the second half en route to a 64-43 win over Flagler College in a Peach Belt Conference East Division women’s basketball game Wednesday night at Alumni Arena.
Armstrong Atlantic ended a six-game skid and improved to 7-12 overall and 4-7 in the conference. Flagler dropped its eighth in a row and fell to 6-13 overall and 1-9 in league play. AASU swept the two-game season series vs. Flagler having won the first game 72-53 on Jan. 2 at St. Augustine.
The Lady Pirates erased a one point Saints lead (6-5) with an 18-7 run early in the first half, but Flagler was able to rally back and tie the score at 26 after a
Jalisa Foster (St. Petersburg, Fla. (St. Petersburg, Fla./Pinellas Park HS) layup. However, Dartayvia Thomas of AASU countered with a jumper to give the Lady Pirates a 28-26 lead at the half.
In the second half, Foster scored on another layup to bring the Saints to within four (34-30) with 16:21 left. That is when the long Lady Pirate run started, and began with a 10-2 spurt. Arpine Amirkhanyan scored half of those 10 points.
Flagler was held to 22.6% (7-31) shooting from the field in the second half while AASU shot 47.6% (10-21).
Lauren Hall led a balanced Armstrong Atlantic scoring attack with 14 points and sank three treys. Jazmin Walker added another 13 points and was 6-for-7 from the free throw line. Amirkhanyan recorded a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds and also dished out five assists. Portia Jones chipped in with 10 points, five assists and three steals.
Foster finished with a season-high 21 points on 10-of-13 shooting from the field and also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds for Flagler.
Flagler hosts UNC Pembroke on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at Flagler Gym.
Flagler vs Armstrong Atlantic
02/03/10 5:30 p.m. at Savannah, GA
At Savannah, GA
ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC 64, FLAGLER 43
FLAGLER (6-13, 1-9 PBC)
Foster, Jalisa 10-13 1-3 21; Owen, Charlsea 3-10 0-2 8; Beckett, Chanti 1-7
3-4 6; Donelson, Adrienne 2-6 0-0 4; Knurek, Jen 1-4 0-0 2; Mitchell, Jen
1-14 0-0 2; Reddish, Karlyn 0-1 0-0 0; Boone, Nicole 0-1 0-0 0; Brown,
Rachel 0-0 0-0 0; Roper, Arianna 0-0 0-0 0; Bailie, Lauren 0-0 0-0 0. Totals
18-56 4-9 43.
ARMSTRONG ATLANTIC (7-12, 4-7 PBC)
Hall, Lauren 4-8 3-3 14; Walker, Jazmin 3-7 6-7 13; Amirkhanyan, Arpine 3-8
4-6 10; Jones, Portia 4-9 0-0 10; Rimbert, Marissa 3-10 2-2 8; Thomas,
Dartayvia 4-9 0-0 8; Boni, Jenea 0-0 1-1 1; McFarland, Briana 0-0 0-0 0;
Harris, Ebonie 0-0 0-0 0; Hill, Lindsey 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-51 16-19 64.
Flagler....................... 26 17 - 43
Armstrong Atlantic............ 28 36 - 64
3-point goals--Flagler 3-17 (Owen, Charlsea 2-4; Beckett, Chanti 1-4;
Mitchell, Jen 0-7; Reddish, Karlyn 0-1; Boone, Nicole 0-1), Armstrong
Atlantic 6-11 (Hall, Lauren 3-5; Jones, Portia 2-5; Walker, Jazmin 1-1).
Fouled out--Flagler-None, Armstrong Atlantic-None. Rebounds--Flagler 35
(Foster, Jalisa 8), Armstrong Atlantic 38 (Amirkhanyan, Arpine 13).
Assists--Flagler 10 (Owen, Charlsea 4), Armstrong Atlantic 17 (Amirkhanyan,
Arpine 5; Jones, Portia 5). Total fouls--Flagler 14, Armstrong Atlantic 13.
Technical fouls--Flagler-None, Armstrong Atlantic-None. A-136